Okay, so I made it. Will you stop giving me the look now? Just remember you're the one who wanted me to now that we will have to be watching TWO journals AND The Network to keep track of how our lives are being violated.

And you know I'm not going to use this much, right?

The Beast....well he might be a different story. Just keep your eyes open in case he does post something here that needs your attention. I'm not taking anything about him for grated at the moment considering how he's been acting.

...Cause we both know how bad it would be if he screwed up that geis. Let's hope he knows how bad it would be too and wasn't just playing when he swore it.

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I realize you aren't going to want to use this a lot and it's fine. Honestly, I am actually kind of hoping that The Beast will use it from time to time. Maybe his posts will help point us toward something that will help us better understand what has been going on with him lately. Or maybe he will somehow feel more free to speak this way than face to face even if it is just to rant and rage a bit. Better that than him doing something that will break the geis.

There is a modern saying about not borrowing trouble. Lets worry about having more journals to watch only if they actually start posting things without our knowledge. If they do, then we will have to watch them. If they don't then we know that maybe it is just my journal that is being weird and not the whole computer or network. Any bit of information we can get about all of this is going to be welcome.

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"Hey, Lass! Aren't you a sight for sore eyes! How are you doing?" Set sounds way more eager to see her than he probably should. If Bazett is imagining him with puppy ears all peaked up and a wagging tail, she probably isn't be too far off his current mood.

"So you have one set up too? My Baby insisted I get one set up separate from his. Personally, I think it's a waste of time. He's hoping that The Beast might use it instead of raging out on us so much so I guess we just wait and see if he does."

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Set bursts out laughing, "No, no Lass, nothing quite so dramatic. I think he just hopes The Beast will get his attention though this or maybe just write up a rant or something that might give us some idea what's going on in his head. I doubt The Beast will care enough to direct it toward anyone else but us. If it avoids a fight that might break that geis, then it will have done its job."

He pauses a moment as a thought crosses his mind, "Heck, he might even leave ME a note or two here. I suppose I should be checking it instead of just ignoring it though I'm not going to lie. It will be a little weird since technically I'll be leaving myself messages."

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If all the comments left even on computer usage tutorials were any indication, people lost control easily over the internet.

"But the idea for the notes seems good. Of course, that would be assuming that the Beast can put its thoughts into the written and not just spoken word. Does he have any access to your computer skill?"

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"He can be scarily competent when he wants to or is in the mood," Set shrugs. "Well, you know. You saw how he was the last time you were here. If he wants to tell us something badly enough or wants to get our attention badly enough, I think he'll be fine. Scarily so.

"Speak of the devil, though, he's been pretty quiet since the geis was laid except for the other morning when Dia called the Association. Damn bastard! From what my baby says, he almost had them kicking in our door. Kept talking about there being something dark and evil stirring around inside of Dia. Turns out he was just pulling another one of his games to try and get my baby to admit something he's feeling. Not the time!

"Of course, now Dia's all worried maybe something is wrong with him. I love the man dearly, but what do I have to do to make him realize it's okay to get angry or hate people? It doesn't make him any less than he is to feel that way."

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"Yeah, I know, right? And how do you think I felt when he just dropped me off into the middle of things? Dia was sobbing on the floor like he'd been begging and I didn't know jack shit about why. I had to ask the damn Association mage he'd been talking with what had just happened. So much for getting them to back off any. She said she would still see about having the guys watching us back off, but I believe her not one bit."

Set runs his hand through his hair giving the clasp holding his ponytail a tug so that it comes loose. Then, he starts tossing it back and forth between his hands, "Apparently, the short story is that the mage my baby was talking to had him pretty upset by the time The Beast wandered downstairs." Set wrinkles his nose in distaste, "He made the call early to try and be done before I woke up to avoid this kind of thing. Of course, he had no way of knowing I was going to wake up as him. It's never happened before.

"So The Beast comes down being...him. Saying odd things, not necessarily making sense, but he kept repeating that something dark was stirring inside of my baby and that they didn't want to wake it because they couldn't handle it. I'm sure you can guess how well that went over with her."

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Set is quiet for a moment, his eyes distant and searching. After that moment, though, he shakes his head, "I don't know if I can do that. I've never been able to switch things at will. It's always been him doing the switching. However, I can feel him back there. I think he knows we're talking about him so hold that thought. You might get your chance to read him the riot act yet.

"I have to admit, I'm a little worried about something. The geis keeps The Beast from hurting Dia physically. Is he going to ramp up the mental shit now to make up for that? I can't fix mental shit."

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If this was not through a computer monitor, she would have had him by the collar now.

"Do you realize that what you just did almost defeated the purpose of the geis in the first place? Even if we ignored Diarmuid's emotional trauma, it was extremely foolish of you to provoke the Association!"

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The Beast slowly opens his other eye, his grin widening. It's obvious that her outburst really isn't affecting him at all.

"They don't concern me in the slightest. They are all fools and someday, should they do as they said they will, they will be dead fools. I will NEVER let them lay a hand on my Little Bird," His eyes narrow menacingly. "They would be even greater fools than I think them to be to try, though I will relish taking their lives if they do. I will welcome the chance. I haven't killed in far too long...

"As for my Little Bird, if he would just realize what is there and embrace it, he would not be so often hurt. But, I cannot make him do this. It is his choice and his alone."

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"Do as you wish," The Beast's eyes narrow, "but don't for even one second think that I need you to help me protect my Little Bird. He is all that matters and if by some miracle of theirs they do get us into such a bad place that I cannot get him out, well then...he and I will leave that place. Together. Permanently.

"But it will not come to that, I suspect. No, his darkness will wake long before then."

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The Beast flashes her a wicked grin and then answers in a sing-song voice, "Am I lying? Am I not? The only one who knows is me. Am I lying? Am I not? The only one who knows is me. What do you think? He sure seems to think something is wrong with him. Silly Little Bird who can't accept not being a perfect saint when it comes to emotions.

"Can you ever really completely be rid of evil once it finds a way into your soul?"

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"You are closer to him than I am. You should know better than I whether or not anything is out of the ordinary with him. If it is simply an emotional issue, then describe it as such. But...why do you ask about evil?"

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"Was he not taken by evil in the war before the Shatter?" The madness that had been in The Beast's eyes and voice a few moments before is suddenly gone leaving him sounding scarily lucid, "Completely violated and every bit of him absorbed? Can one ever really separate such a complete melding? Or, in the end, does some of that evil wait and sleep until it is time to wake and grow again?

'It calls to me when it stirs, you know. There is part of it in what made me. It calls..."

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The Beast turns to look at her with wide, curious eyes, "What is there to cure? He is as he is now. Just as I am how I am now. We are the same. You see, don't you? It is why he is mine. Why he will always be mine. Whether or not it actually awakes, he was made for me."

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The Beast's gaze turns pitying though his voice drops to a dangerous growl, "You don't understand. There is no freeing him of it. It is part of him now. It cannot be removed. If it scares you so, then do something to make sure it doesn't fully wake. That is your only option. Otherwise, I will wait for the day he truly becomes my mate."